What politicians know thanks to the Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act turned 10 on January 1 (yes, I am a bit late, but I have been in West Wales) and political parties have been celebrating by enthusiastically using the act to find out information.

Hopefully all this enthusiastic use will be reflected in a bit more enthusiastic support for the Act in 2015.

These are all from the second half of December (and mostly the Christmas and New Year period). So they’ve been keeping officers busy in recent months – hopefully they’ll all remember this the next time someone starts complaining about the terrible burden FOI puts on them (maybe by promising some extra resources and reaffirming the importance of FOI (we can but hope)).

Possibly not a comprehensive list, these are just the ones I could find on news websites or on party websites.